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WINTER'S BARK TREE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does winter's bark tree mean? 

WINTER'S BARK TREE (noun)
  The noun WINTER'S BARK TREE has 1 sense:

1. South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswoodplay

  Familiarity information: WINTER'S BARK TREE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


WINTER'S BARK TREE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

South American evergreen tree yielding winter's bark and a light soft wood similar to basswood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Drimys winteri; winter's bark; winter's bark tree

Hypernyms ("winter's bark tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Meronyms (parts of "winter's bark tree"):

winter's bark (aromatic bark having tonic and stimulant properties)

Holonyms ("winter's bark tree" is a member of...):

Drimys; genus Drimys (shrubs and trees of southern hemisphere having aromatic foliage)


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